Wake me when it's over...

Was that a playoff game I was watching, or was I simply dreaming?

That had to be the weirdest NLCS game I’ve seen during the past six years. Fittingly, Suppan was the definition of a one man wrecking crew. Read that sentence again.

The game began in standard fashion. Suppan looked good early, getting out of the first with a hit by Beltran, and a stolen base, but no runs.

The Cards jumped on Trachsel early, and it was 5-0 before the crowd could even get into the game.

A lot has been made of the rainout of game 1, and the lack of an off-day. It has really affected this series. Both teams got to St. Louis Saturday morning at about 3:00 am. Trips like that have to hurt after a long season.

Suppan and Trachsel flew into town early, before game 2, so they could rest. Once Trachsel left the game, Suppan appeared to be the only player at Busch who was really plugged in.

Once the Cards took the 5-0 lead, the entire stadium began to presume the Cards would win. It was surreal.

The crowd, which had risen to its feet on every two strike pitch in the first and second, sat back and bided it’s time until the ninth.

We had Jeff Suppan, who last threw a shutout when he was a Pirate, pitching agianst the best offense in the NL, and everyone, even the Mets, appeared to think the game was over after two innings.

The Mets have the best offense in the NL, and Suppan out scored them by himself.

I watched, and kept thinking the Mets were a bloop and a blast away from being back in this game. But honestly, I never once thought it would happen. The Mets are tired. Could they wake up tomorrow? Sure. Momentum in baseball is only as good as today’s starting pitcher. But they are dragging.

A few more thoughts as we yawned our way to victory.

Nice to see Rolen return to his hitting ways. He had a solid single, but more importantly, hit the ball sharply on the ground, which is a vast improvement over the popups.

Wilson looks great in right-field. His play on Valentin’s single to throw Jose trying to stretch it to a double was textbook. He surrounded the ball perfectly, and threw a bullet to the bag that had to make Molina proud. It was nice to see good outfield defense.

Suppan’s homer was his first since he homered in 2005 off of, that’s right, Steve Trachsel.

The Cards have three homers in the series. Edmonds, Taguchi and Suppan, oh my.